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Written Question
Department for International Trade: Accountancy
Tuesday 20th December 2022

Asked by: John Cryer (Labour - Leyton and Wanstead)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte and Touche, (c) Ernst and Young and (d) KPMG made secondments to their Department, including predecessor Departments, since 2010.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Department for International Trade (DIT) and UK Export Finance (UKEF) have had the following secondments since 2016, when DIT was formed:

DIT:

  • KPMG – less than 5 secondees, February 2021 to January 2022

UKEF:

  • Deloitte – less than 5 secondees, February 2022 to March 2022
  • Deloitte – less than 5 secondees, December 2022 to March 2023

There have not been secondments from the other firms.

Written Question
Department for International Trade: Accountancy
Monday 12th December 2022

Asked by: John Cryer (Labour - Leyton and Wanstead)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all (i) contracts, (ii) consultancies and (iii) other services placed with the accountancy firms (A) Deloitte & Touche, (B) Ernst & Young, (C) KPMG and (D) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by (1) their Department, (2) any predecessor Departments and (3) departmental agencies.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Department for International Trade (DIT) was established in 2016. Contracts above £10,000 for DIT and its Agency, the Trade Remedies Authority, are published on Contracts Finder.